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The Middle East Poultry Expo held (March 14 – 16)  in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with the participation of 150 companies from 30 countries in various sectors of the poultry industry. Held under the theme “Contribution to Enhancing Food Security” the expo ran at Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center. The exhibition was specialized in poultry at the level of the Middle East for commercial and scientific exchange between international importers and local investors, was being held under the patronage of Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadley. In…

An Israeli firm developed a unique solution to an animal welfare issue within industrial farming – creating hens which only lay female eggs to stop the slaughter of billions of male chicks deemed less profitable. Every year, approximately seven billion male chicks are killed in the agricultural sector because they are less valuable for farmers than female chicks, which grow into hens that lay eggs. Dr. Yuval Cinnamon, founder and CSO of NRS Poultry, created a company which aims to address the problem at its source – after six years…

South Africa has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties against bone-in chicken meat imports from Brazil and four European Union countries. With this announcement, South Africa is now imposing antidumping duties against all nine countries that have regularly exported bone-in chicken portions to this market: the United States, Brazil, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. South Africa’s imports of poultry have declined by 63 percent in the past three years. The announcement of the latest duties threatens to lower imports even further. This decision comes as a result…

Author, Mr. Saraogi is Civil Engineer by education and 1st generation entrepreneur, started Anmol Feed with 5 Lac Rupees, has converted it into 600 cr. company now, with his sheer hard work. Driven to combine innovation and compassion to create value-driven products for all stakeholders, he transformed his company into a well-oiled machine. Anmol Feeds today has eight successfully running state-of-the-art superior manufacturing plants across six states- Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand and Haryana. With a cumulative production capacity of 1300 MT per day, the pioneers…

Kemin Industries has announced its membership in the Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI), an independent organization developing a life cycle analysis (LCA) database that will allow for environmental assessment of animal nutrition products and generate continuous improvement of the animal nutrition and food industry. Stefaan Van Dyck, President, Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – EMENA (Europe, Middle East, North Africa), has also been appointed vice chair of GFLI’s board of directors, and product manager Diego Martinez del Olmo, Sr. has been named a member of the technical management committee. Both…

Thailand’s pork price crisis is causing an increased demand for chicken, leading poultry and egg prices to surge. The Ministry of Commerce has now added chickens and chicken meat to their price control list. The ministry now mandates that chicken raisers with over 100,000 chickens, and slaughterhouses with the capacity for over 4,000 chickens a day, disclose their quantity, stocks, and sales costs each month. The Central Committee on Prices of Goods and Services now requires all 55 domestic feed meal factories to list their sales costs, production volume, and…

Heifer International, Cargill and Walmart Foundation announced  the expansion of Hatching Hope: Accelerating Incomes Through Diversification into India to improve financial independence for women in the Anantapur and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. With demand for eggs and poultry meat on the rise across India, backyard poultry farming is an economically sustainable agri-business that is easy to undertake and can provide high returns in a shorter timeframe. The project offers new income-generating activities and leadership positions within farmer producer organizations (FPOs) for women, challenging the social and cultural norms that limit their financial independence. The global Accelerating…

Ukraine, a major supplier of poultry products, said that the European Union had lifted all limits on Ukrainian poultry exports imposed last year, reports Reuters. Ukraine reported an outbreak of bird flu among backyard birds in the southern part of the country in early December 2020 and since then exports have been suspended. The overall export of poultry meat from Ukraine rose 4% in 2020 to 431,000 tonnes.

A three days training programme on “Commercial Poultry Farming” was organized by Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Khordha, ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar from 11th-13thJanuary, 2022. Dr. Saroj Kumar Swain, Director, ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar graced this occasion as Chief guest. In his inaugural address he highlighted the importance and scope of commercial poultry farming for income generation and nutrition security of the farming community. Earlier, Dr. Harapriya Nayak (SMS, Home Science) welcomed the delegates. Dr. P. Das, Principal scientist, ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar encouraged the trainees to adopt the technology of commercial poultry farming with…

Indian Broiler Group, popularly known as I.B group and led by its founder & M.D – Mr. Bahadur Ali, has conducted Bhoomi Poojan for ABIS Integrated Soya Food & Feed Plant in Madhya Pradesh. Mr. Rajyavardhan Singh Dattigaon ; Minister Industry Policy and Investment Promotion minister in the Madhya Pradesh government,  Mr. Rajendra Aggarwal; V.P – Civil Corporation- Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Bahadur Ali – Founder and M.D – I.B Group, Mr. Gulrez Alam – director; I.B Group and many special guests had graced the Dias in Person whereas Video Message…